The previously mentioned 3-B plan is great advice when emailing busy people, but that might not be enough when you are making a digital cold call. Iris Shoor successfully got through to several busy people to show her startup, including meetings at Twitter, LinkedIn and Github. »10/13/13 4:00pm 10/13/13 4:00pm

Sometimes figuring out how to structure an email so people won't ignore it is tough. If you're struggling with how to do this, Harvard Business Review suggests you lay out your emails much like a story with a clear chronology of events. »2/25/13 9:30am 2/25/13 9:30am

There's little more annoying—especially in a professional setting—than emailing someone and then sitting around waiting for them to respond to you, not knowing if they ever will. After all, "I get a lot of email" is no excuse in a business environment to ignore critical messages, but we all know that email is just a…»4/20/12 5:00am 4/20/12 5:00am

We're all busy, but one way to make sure you get a response even from some of the busiest people you want to communicate with is to be topical, be concise, and to organize your message so it's easy to respond to. »8/18/11 4:30am 8/18/11 4:30am

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